Buffalo, here I come!

Tomorrow, hubby and I are leaving by car for Buffalo NY, where I will be attending the summer Knit & Crochet Show!

I am going as a member of the Crochet Guild of America. I have been crocheting up a storm so I can have things to wear at the events that are planned.

If you're in the Buffalo area and would like a fun place to go, the show is being held at the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center. The market area will be open on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, August 7-9. There will be crochet and knitting classes offered, some now sold out. I'll be taking 5 classes, one on dyeing yarn blanks, and two classes each on knitting and crochet.

Hopefully I will be able to post some pictures of the events, as I will be taking my laptop with me.
Stay tuned!

Home again!

Mom improved so much during my stay that I was able to come back home on Monday, July 13.
Her car, however, wasn't so lucky. It broke down 3 times last Thursday. I was driving, Mom was the passenger. We decided to call an AAA wrecker on the advice of my sister, who came to pick up Mom and take her to her home until the wrecker could get there.

I had to wait for the wrecker, but I was lucky in that we were close to a Pizza Hut and I was allowed to wait there for the wrecker.

All that was wrong with it was an over-heating logic chip.

Mom got her car back yesterday and will try to drive it Friday when she goes to the beauty shop.

Mom Update #3

Mom is doing a lot better than I thought she would.

I arrived Thursday evening in Lockhart. My sister had picked her up from the hospital and were already at Mom's apartment when I got here.

Last night Mom had her first shower after getting home, but I had to help her in and out of the tub and dry her off.
This morning, after a good night's sleep, she felt better and even managed to cook her own breakfast!

She still gets tired quickly and has to take naps frequently, but hopefully her strength will improve daily.
I still don't know how long I'll be here, but my sister did need a break after all the driving back and forth she's done lately.

On the road again!

Tomorrow I'll most likely be heading for Texas. Mom thinks she's being released from the hospital tomorrow, which means someone will have to stay with her to chauffeur her around at first.
She can use a walker, but needs help getting up from her bed in order to use it.

She's now been moved to a different hospital room, probably what's called a "transitionary" room, since it has it's own bathroom with shower, and there are no machines going beep beep during the night to keep her awake.

Her diarrhea has seemed to have quit, since she says her stool is not runny like it was and it's not green.

I'll know more in the morning, because I told her to call me when she has spoken to the doctor.

Update on Mom #2

Hooray, hooray! The results are in!

They finally found the culprit!

It was a salmonella infection!

Hopefully her recovery will go smoothly.

Mom update

Mom's kidneys finally kicked in. That was one of the main worries. The lab results indicated she wasn't contagious. However, she still has the diarrhea which doesn't seem to be lessening any.
Over the weekend, they started treating her for a urinary infection, which probably helped start her kidneys.

At noon today she was scheduled for a colonoscopy. Hopefully I'll know the results by the end of the day.

Mother

My mother was put in the hospital yesterday. She's a bit better today, since she now is being pumped with fluids, but still has the diarrhea she had when she went in. The lab report hasn't come back yet, but they think it's some sort of bacteria that is causing it, but until they know for sure, they haven't started any antibiotics yet.

Mom is 87 yrs old. She likes living by herself, and is the last person to admit she needs help, but we do what we can. My sister lives 30 minutes away by car from where Mom lives, but I live in the next state and takes me 4-5 hours to drive there by car.

I hope tomorrow will shed some light on the situation. The nurse I talked to today seemed concerned because they think she's in early renal failure. She hasn't urinated since she was admitted. Dehydration does that I'm told.